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.TH "COREDNS\-LOG" "7" "October 2018" "CoreDNS" "CoreDNS plugins"
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.SH "NAME"
\fIlog\fR \- enables query logging to standard output\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
By just using \fIlog\fR you dump all queries (and parts for the reply) on standard output\. Options exist to tweak the output a little\.
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.P
Note that for busy servers this will incur a performance hit\.
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.SH "SYNTAX"
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.nf

log
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.fi
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.IP "\(bu" 4
With no arguments, a query log entry is written to \fIstdout\fR in the common log format for all requests
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Or if you want/need slightly more control:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

log [NAME] [FORMAT]
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBNAME\fR is the name to match in order to be logged
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBFORMAT\fR is the log format to use (default is Common Log Format)
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.IP "" 0
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.P
You can further specify the classes of responses that get logged:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

log [NAME] [FORMAT] {
    class CLASSES\.\.\.
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBCLASSES\fR is a space\-separated list of classes of responses that should be logged
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.IP "" 0
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.P
The classes of responses have the following meaning:
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBsuccess\fR: successful response
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBdenial\fR: either NXDOMAIN or NODATA (name exists, type does not)
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBerror\fR: SERVFAIL, NOTIMP, REFUSED, etc\. Anything that indicates the remote server is not willing to resolve the request\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBall\fR: the default \- nothing is specified\. Using of this class means that all messages will be logged whatever we mix together with "all"\.
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.IP "" 0
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.P
If no class is specified, it defaults to \fIall\fR\.
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.SH "LOG FORMAT"
You can specify a custom log format with any placeholder values\. Log supports both request and response placeholders\.
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.P
The following place holders are supported:
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{type}\fR: qtype of the request
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{name}\fR: qname of the request
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{class}\fR: qclass of the request
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{proto}\fR: protocol used (tcp or udp)
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{when}\fR: time of the query
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{remote}\fR: client\'s IP address, for IPv6 addresses these are enclosed in brackets: \fB[::1]\fR
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{size}\fR: request size in bytes
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{port}\fR: client\'s port
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{duration}\fR: response duration
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{rcode}\fR: response RCODE
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{rsize}\fR: response size
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{>rflags}\fR: response flags, each set flag will be displayed, e\.g\. "aa, tc"\. This includes the qr bit as well\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{>bufsize}\fR: the EDNS0 buffer size advertised in the query
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{>do}\fR: is the EDNS0 DO (DNSSEC OK) bit set in the query
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{>id}\fR: query ID
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB{>opcode}\fR: query OPCODE
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.IP "" 0
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.P
The default Common Log Format is:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

`{remote}:{port} \- [{when}] {>id} "{type} {class} {name} {proto} {size} {>do} {>bufsize}" {rcode} {>rflags} {rsize} {duration}`
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
Log all requests to stdout
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    log
    whoami
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Custom log format, for all zones (\fB\.\fR)
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    log \. "{proto} Request: {name} {type} {>id}"
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Only log denials for example\.org (and below to a file)
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    log example\.org {
        class denial
    }
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Log all queries which were not resolved successfully
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    log \. {
        class denial error
    }
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Log all queries on which we did not get errors
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    log \. {
        class denial success
    }
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Also the multiple statements can be OR\-ed, for example, we can rewrite the above case as following:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    log \. {
        class denial
        class success
    }
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0

